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Expressed Emotion was measured in the staff of two similar hostels for the long term mentally ill in an Inner London Borough (Hostel A and Hostel B). Patients in the two hostels showed similar levels of disturbance as measured by the PSE and symptom and behaviour profile scores. Staff from Hostel B displayed higher levels of EE, and were more critical, and these attitudes generalised easily into hostility and rejection. Those from Hostel A showed lower EE with warmth and positive attitudes towards clients. At 9 month follow up, Hostel A and B had similar levels of relapse requiring hospital admission. However Hostel B had a 64% discharge rate compared with 12.5% for Hostel A. These results are discussed with reference to the literature.
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Ball, R.A., Moore, E. & Kuipers, L. Expressed Emotion in community care staff. Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 27, 35–39 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00788954
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